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1 Killed, 1 Injured After Vehicle Careens Into Protesters In Seattle

Police have the driver in custody, but no motive has been given. Videos on social media depict the vehicle apparently swerving into a group of protesters on a freeway overnight.
In this photograph shared by the Washington State Patrol, the vehicle that hit protesters sits dented and damaged. Police say they have arrested the driver, but they have not yet assigned a motive for the incident.

Updated 2:30 a.m. ET Sunday

One person has been killed and one hospitalized in serious condition, after a vehicle barreled past a police barrier and into protesters on a freeway overnight in Seattle.

24-year-old Summer Taylor died Saturday evening at Harborview Medical Center, according hospital spokeswoman Susan

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